The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1887-02-27
OUTDOOR SPORTS.
TURF TALK.


votiguer, dam Kate Condell, that he will put TO
jumping this season. She Is full sister TO Capt.
mover been trained, and is perfectly sound She
should be good one.
The Sportsman says that tho trainer and now
sole owner Of Tclie Doc w. p, Bufch, isrcported
l,S Es thct ar nS g, Trsspsst
Washington reporter that his mare ,rellc Doc ran
the irst seven furlongs Of mile in l:sgl, the milc
run st sSccrshad Ey on %c b Of last st S
tcmber The weight carried was cighty-hyc
pounds, md little Eilke, whorode her afterwards,
playing. When It Is remembered the mare ran
oercn, furlonps here last fall in i:sii, with los,
the time us l:s,, II does not seem that MIR Burch's
story is at nll Improbable.
No more Sunday racing ut Now Orleans. Some
OF the owners and bookmakcrs have sourcd on II.
Andy Mccarthy is in hot water once more,
starter Caldwell having put him on the ground
for year. .McCarthy.'s vile tongue is the cause
of his trouble, and unless he learns to control It
he will be Obliged to quit riding.
Governor Odcn Bowic recently lost the brood
mare My Maryland. by Brown Dick, dam Fanny
McAllistcr, She was the dam Of Orioc and Mary,
both winners OF good races.
California is well represented In the Chicnpo-
Washington Park Cup, having ten out of the
nineteen entries.
Black body. dark-ycllow sleeves, white cap
gold buttons md fringe. are the racing colors
The Nation,, Jockey Clubs stakes close Tues.
day.
ii. c. Ditmas, the turf correspondent. passed
through the city Tuesday from Norfolk, where
ne had SSen looking oyer the ground with view
Mr.. Ditmas is of the opinion that racing mny be
carried n on tmh two or rsedays reed, week ut Norfolk
! take hold Of the, scheme nnd build i track ut
s50,DO has been subscribed, and the Norfolk track
6otn get nd rRsI M,s viii benefit both nat
! to the spring meetings
II. ID. Mcintyre. secretary of the National
Jockey Club, has been in town for the past week
working mp entries for the spring meeting.
The declarations to the big handcaps arc In.
| About fourteen have been declared out, and,
worse than al some Of the boSkmakers shaw have ' The
will do what three-yenr-old never did before.
Several books will be opened here this week.
There will be a larger number of candidates
for cross.country donors this year than eyer be-
| fore, and among them some really good horses.
| There is plenty of money to be won chasing, aud
owners OF horses do not sufficiently realize the
schoolcd is much more likely to pay his way than
a really good animal only half schooicd. The
successes Of horses from the stable Of Mr. Arthur
YYntes: England's sreat gentleman jockey. Mr.;
ridden and being well ridden is one of tho grcnt
secrets Of their success 1t has been the custom
Of gamblers and men who follow the races for n
| living TO sncer whenever n "gcntlcman jOck"is
mentioned, but for what. reason no one with
common sense knows. There are certainly u
number i of gentlemen riders, who nre as good. i
II the county Mr. narwSSd won the great
who was anything but first class. Seventeen
horses finished behind him, the nearest being
IS the py nnyi Aa c @
ting up pig headed Jockey who hasn't the naat,i-
In aud
# he Is killed or possibly thinks 4 drunken man
s%oHd &C. @ one Of Tie best IN the bsness aH c IS
Grsan amy Mfsht Ta ssRS sWSey spsses
horses Tint are really good will contest fGr holors
between the fngs the coming season. This class
of sport Is dangerous ut its best, but the public
demands It, md the Jockey clubs should put their
Jockeys aud horses may he icopariized no more
than Is absolutely necessary.
| BASE BALL.
| The Washington board of directors are map
ping out the work for the yenr without nny
i#$S%sss 4: SsS ar.$ 1G% sss ss HS's
t. Open the April games with 3'pay,
and Kries, as catchcrs, with Kricp, when not
catchingJ Farrell, and McGone on the bnscs,
ed ana sioeE % There sea W"s an ustee agree
men ment with Il thS e.. Kansas Citys made lust week.
ht I'm in S hs tbs% te Wod sSn d @ p
er. and O'Brien, their new second -bascman, the
deal + made he must be included il i. The
ing. appeared to be clated over the fact that
they had n stSre sss xt%o fer the public rst
big four from Providence, though they admit
when they do wheel into line, MS, they surely
S Hen the y S" Says w II be shave sssscp&Sy rs
0'Day, and Keefe, pitchers Gilligan, Dcaley,
9 kTSg kTSs f sTes %Esr. and
The report sent out to the effect that the Wash.
Of sutton from the Bostuns is denied cmphat-
cally by President Hewitt. There is at, present
not not signed with tic clubs ' rfserying them. EN-
Fulmcr,. of tho, Baltimorcs, nnd White, of the
To ss% 'Gcm mSn # rse rossSs
There will be considerable improvement at the
grounds n hs G season Instead , Of building new
the upper story If the old one.
The movement for the formation of nm ANA
tcur District Base Ball League has at last as
Hickey Of the Pans, % and Mr. kortz Of tSs the Nom @
umcntnls who have been the prime movers in
GUS letters from various District clubs signifying
their intention to enter the pr9posed league. As
ing viii be called with view Of discussing the
matter more fully. In the meantime the gentle
men named would be pleased to hear from aInn-
tours as to what plans should be adopted.
Detroit will have to take a step backward next
season. Its franchise will be on the market, and
it is certain that an American Association team
: Worlds champions" viii be the one. Detroit
will go intothe American Association.
, X-Manngcr scanlon Is confident that Kansas
,, more. money backing in their possession than
ever indianapolis can hope to raise. He also says
ey SO Services o faSt
strong players Let us hope It Is SO.
Boston folks who delight In base ball have gone
into scstacles over, the purchase of Kelly from
cock boston is the best ball city in the country,
and this Is big OUTLAY Of money by the directors Is
, this year Is stronger even now than ever before,
club. Wv ''''' '>'''' s''"' ''''''' '''"' wv
lease Of Ieeker from tGe fo"isyiiles % It S Would nd
take mint to do 1t, says the Louisville Courier
, journal.
Fulmcr, the cx-professonal ball-playcr of Phil.
adelphin, was recently elected by big majority
I to police magistracy in Philadelphia.
iouck is in Boston, and letters received here
state that the little fellow is taking good cure Of
lately. There Il II great fondncss here for Houck
/ and many would like to see him back on the
,, team, provided he played like himself
'urrOll lutcly expressed hlnselt rs Wiling to
play In Washington, hut thnt he felt justified In
, asking for an ncrcuse of salary.
/ President Nimmick, of the Pittsburgs, has
\ Just returned from San Fruncisoo, where he
! went to secure players for his club. He fol
lowed the Louisvilles around in all their games
watching the individual playing of every proni
nent player. He signed Van lialtern, the left
handed pitcher of the Pioneers. lie Is now In st
4 Louis endeayoring to secure Latham from Won
D der Ahe, and says he will pay any price for him
The withdrawal of Kelly, Gore. and Dalrymplt
~ nuht
! for first plncc more interesting this year; vii.
: : Hanson, OF the ChicnRos, says SpaldinY has al
\ ! lowed Anson to pull the wool over his eyes AM
! bonoans the lot of the poor Chcagos for this
year. lie says the best thing to do now is to la,
Anson oil ana let the young blood infusc faster
1 IT Is understood that Manager Gaffncy hui
: closed negotiations with u now pitcher by the
!, name of Kcating. Who he Is, or where he hnil.
I from, has not yet been asccrtnincd.
Won der Ahc, of the st. Louis Americans, speak
: ing of the Kelly purchase, says hc has scvcra
players on his team superior In every respect I,
Kelly, and TINT no amount of money could pur
chase them
|, There IN small war gong on in the ranks o